The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-09

from the room, and all the coaxing
in the world would not induce her
TO come back She remains away
and entirely out of sight until late
in the afternoon of the following day,
when she creeps stealthily into the back
kitchen, looking about to see II her owner
is anywhere in sight. If he is not she eau
tiously trips into the sitting room IN search
of him. If he is there she can tell at
glance whether be is sober or not, and, if he
Is sober she walks SLOWLY to her place in
the corner and lies down without appearing
! to notice his presence. In case he is still "a
little off, he says she will dart from the
house and stay out of sight for another
day. He says he never abuses her or speaks
cross to her, and her peculiar conduct in
! terests him so much that he takes pleasure
| in telling about it to his friends.
A wealthy gentleman III the upper part OF
Scranton has a watch dog that $500 could
not buy He is thoroughbred English
mastiff, and the gentleman tells this story
about his watchful conduct: About IL
O'Clock one night when the full moon was
shining brightly, the gentleman happened
to look out of the window just after he had
turned off the gas, preparatory to going to
| bed, and saw man leap over the fence into
the yard He told his wife about it, re-
marking at the same time that he guessed
| Samson would take care of the intruder be-
fore he did any damage. he had no sooner
said this than Sampson sprang out of his
kennel at the man, and the man rushed into
| an clubhouse and slammed the door behind
him. The owner of the premises, knowing
| that there was nothing III the clubhouse that
| the nocturnal visitor would care to carry
away if he had a chance, and believing that
the mastiff would properly attend to the
intruder when he gotready to come out, went
to bed instead of going out to see what the
AIx,,
| the faithful dog was still watching the out
house door, and the gentleman raised the
window and spoke to the dog. As Samson
| turned to see what his master wanted OF
| HIM dirty tramp sprang out of the out
| house and made for the fence few feet
away. The dog heard his step, and turned
| that way as quick as a flash. The tramp
| had lust grasped the top of the fence when
| the dog got there, and he made desperate
effort to get away. He got over the fence
| before the mastiff had a chance to bite
| him, but he left good portion of one of his
garments on the other side with the dog,
and then he ran like frightened deer, the
| gentleman commanding the dog not to fol-
| low him. The fellow was sneak burglar,
| and two nights later he was caught while
attempting to steal clothing from hallway
! on the same street.
| Two tame gray squirrels are the favorite
pets of an animal lover on Franklin avenue.
The squirrels run about the house like two
kittens, and are obedient to their master
every time he tells them TO go to their cage.
| He often takes them about town with him,
to their apparent pleasure and satisfaction.
| Whenever he tells them that they can go
along, they skip up his legs and crawl into
the pockets OF his sack coat, where they
nestle down until he enters a store or saloon.
| Then he orders them to come out, and they
hurry from his pockets and caper about the
room until he gets ready to leave Their
antics and their perfect obedience interest
and amuse everybody who sees them. Each
squirrel has his own particular pocket to
| get into, and they have been so well trained
that neither ever tries TO get into the pocket
that belongs to the other. When the gen
tleman wears heavy overcoat he some
times permits both of them to cuddle down
together, when they appear to be very
| happy indeed.